This is a unique one-year program in Turkey for students seeking to further their knowledge in International Trade, acquire a broad theoretical background in various fields, and develop skills for a professional career in a global business environment. In this program, students will find the opportunity to work on a company- or industry-specific challenge on international competition and learn from real life experiences. Courses are designed to encourage team work with students coming from diverse educational and professional backgrounds.

This is a one-year tuition-based program, consisting of three terms (Fall, Spring and Summer). The core of the teaching faculty is from Department of International Trade at Bogazici University. The requirements for graduation consist of completing thirty credits of course work and a one-credit term project. The curriculum is taught in English.

INCT 511 International Trade Policies (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS 7
(Uluslararası Ticaret Politikaları)
Implementational aspects of the multilayered world of international trade. International competitiveness. Standard and new trade theories. International trade policies for developed and developing countries. Trade barriers, trade regulations, and industrial policies. Case studies related to international trade and monetary issues.

INCT 518 National Competitive Advantage (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Ulusal Rekabet Üstünlüğü)
Analysis of local attributes as determinants of national advantage. Forces influencing competition and development in an industry, models and strategies for creating and sustaining competitive advantage, public policies and institutions that shape competitive outcomes, national competitive advantage within the framework of policies at the national level as well as at the level of regions, assessment of selected Turkish industries.

INCT 522 Games in International Trade (2+0+2) 3 / ECTS: 9(Uluslararası Ticarette Sanal Oyunlar)
Simulating the internationally competitive trade environment via software packages. Competition of firms, each represented by a team of students, through international business decisions. Discussion of firm performances with an advisory board. Providing real world business experience; developing skills related to integrated decision processes and analytical thinking.

INCT 534 Entrepreneurship (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Girişimcilik)
Historical development of entrepreneurship. Major strategic constraints and issuesconfronted by start-up and early-stage entrepreneurs; building, running, and growing a venture in an environment of global changes in technology, communications, and capital markets; identifying and evaluating business opportunities; acquiring resources; structuring funding and reasonable valuation of the venture; achieving competitive advantage given limited resources; major tools useful in an entrepreneurial setting.

INCT 535 Strategic Thinking and Innovation (3+0+0) 3 ECTS 7
(Stratejik Düşünme ve İnovasyon)
Components of innovation at organizational and individual levels. The relationship of various models of innovation to marketing, design and management functions. Measurement of the innovation value chain. New product development and positioning processes, including concepts such as research, observation, creativity, design thinking, disruptive innovation, blue ocean strategy, and open innovation.

INCT 536 Competition and Strategy (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Rekabet ve Strateji)
An evaluation of firm’s competitiveness through internal resources, capabilities andcore competencies and external opportunities and threats presented by the global environment both at the country and industry-level. Assessment, business-level strategies and competitive dynamics, corporate-level strategies with a focus on cooperative strategies, corporate governance and its impact on firm’s competitiveness.

INCT 538 Business Ethics (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(İş Ahlâkı)
The interplay among society's laws, ethical norms, and markets; ethical assumptions, choices and conflicts in business decisions; corporate social responsibility in the global economy; the role of business in poverty alleviation; ethical judgment in business situations through case analyses.

INCT 541 Political and Legal Aspects of Business Competition (3+0+0) 3/ ECTS: 7(Rekabetin Siyasi ve Hukuki Boyutları)
Political and legal issues in business competition. World political dynamics and the global legal system; public policy making and international law; organizations, power relations, institutional change; regionalism versus international organizations; regional economic integration and the European Union; interest groups and decision-making. National and international regulation, multilateral and regional trade treaties and associated law; dumping, subsidies, unfair practices and dispute settlement mechanisms in trade under the WTO system; the applicable law for trade in services and intellectual property.

INCT 544 Competition Law and Policy (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Rekabet Hukuku ve Politikaları)
The basic principles and policies of competition law. The legal analysis of theanticompetitive activities and business practices that restrict competition in markets. Cartel agreements, concerted practices, abuse of the dominant power, mergers and acquisitions, enforcement of competition law. Critical perspectives concerning how law should and could control anti-competitive practices, the role of the regulatory bodies in competition law.

INCT 562 Turkey and the EU: Trade Policies, Strategies and Competitiveness (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Türkiye ve AB: Ticaret Politikaları, Stratejileri ve Rekabet Gücü)
Legal, economic and political aspects of EU trade policies with reference to the candidate status of Turkey. Analysis of EU-Turkey relations within the context of legal and administrative harmonization in trade and the Customs Union. EU trade regime, EU Commercial law, EU trade strategies, trade cases, experiences of accession states and trade performances. Trade policies and strategies of the EU evaluated with reference to the geopolitical policies of enlargement, international competitiveness and neighborhood policy which sets the new regional priorities of the EU.

INCT 566 E-Commerce (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Elektronik Ticaret)
Concepts and tools required to use electronic information systems for creating competitive advantage in trade with a focus on the strategic, managerial and operational issues. Current state of e-trade; the Internet; new Internet technologies; B-to-B, B-to-C, B-to-E opportunities; managing the supply chain on the Internet; web-site analyses, regulatory and ethical issues, mobile e-trade, entrepreneurship and other new trends.

INCT 576 Risk Management in International Trade (3+0+0) 3 / ECTS: 7(Uluslararası Ticarette Risk Yönetimi)
Developing an understanding of the diverse risks faced by international managers. Usual risks such as property loss or damage, product liability, general liability as well as international risks like investment risk, employment risk, transportation risk and political risk. Identifying and evaluating the risk management tools and their ranges such as insurance and other financial and loss control techniques.

INCT 590 Term Project I (0+2+0) 0 / ECTS: 8 Pass/Fail(Dönem Projesi I)
Directed research leading to a term paper on a topic of interest to the student, chosen under the supervision of a faculty member.

INCT 591 Term Project II (0+2+0) 0 / ECTS: 8 Pass/Fail(Dönem Projesi II)
Directed research leading to a term paper on a topic of interest to the student, chosen under the supervision of a faculty member.

INCT 593 Directed Readings I (2+2+0) 2 / ECTS: 4 Pass/Fail(Yönlendirmeli Okumalar I)
Guided readings in international competition and trade. Supervised research on topics of special interest to the student.

INCT 594 Directed Readings II (2+2+0) 2 / ECTS: 4 Pass/Fail(Yönlendirmeli Okumalar II)
Guided readings in international competition and trade. Supervised research on topics of special interest to the student.

INCT 595 Directed Readings III (2+2+0) 2 / ECTS: 4 Pass/Fail(Yönlendirmeli Okumalar III)
Guided readings in international competition and trade. Supervised research on topics of special interest to the student.